Shuja Khanzada Killed by a Graduate Suicide bomber of PU, Report

According to American Journal “Foreign Policy”, “Peace cannot be established in Pakistan until the eradication of sectarian conflicts. More than 5000 Pakistanis have lost their lives in sectarian attacks since 1989”. The journal wrote in its recent report “The dangerous side of sectarian conflicts is that they are no longer limited to madaaris rather have spread out to educational institutions. The challenge of militancy is multifaceted hence, the only military operation in tribal areas cannot eliminate it”. The U.S. journal wrote that “Although terrorist acts have reduced by acting upon the National Action plan but it has not reduced sectarian conflicts rather they have increased. Report says that there seems to be no immediate solution for the challenge of sectarian conflicts whereas the reality is that peace cannot be established in Pakistan without the elimination of sectarian conflicts”. Foreign Policy further writes that “after the attack on Army Public School, last year in Peshawar, action upon the 20 points of National action Plan was speeded up due to which a decrease in terrorist attacks has been seen however, Pakistan has been faced with the challenge of militancy since decades that is multifaceted and only military operation in tribal areas cannot solve the issue unless a long term solution for sectarian militancy is found.  

According to the report, the most dangerous aspect of this issue is that it is not limited to religious institutions rather educated students from reputable institutions have also been found involved in recent terrorist attacks. One of the bombers, who attacked Shuja Khanzada, was possibly a graduate from Punjab University”. Pakistan achieve strategic success by eliminating Taliban and foreign terrorists however, sectarian outfits are still active within the country and until effective action will not be taken against them, long term peace cannot be established in the country. According to a think tank named “South Asia Terrorism Portal”, more than 5000 Pakistanis have lost their lives in sectarian attacks since 1989. 208 people became target of sectarian conflicts during the last year whereas 202 people have been killed during 8 months of this year. Apart from this, record sectarian incidents took place within last two years that include bombing on an Imam bargah in Shikarpur, last year in January, which killed more than 60 people. Two weeks after that attack a mosque was bombed in Peshawar killing 19 people. In Karachi, many huge incidents took place including the killing of 43 Ismailis. After the killing of the leader of banned outfit during police encounter, Punjab’s Home Minister Shuja Khanzada was killed in the reaction. The saddest fact is that some sectarian outfits belong to political parties and there is information of Daesh’s presence in Pakistan as well. Many sectarian groups have links with Daesh. Daesh’s involvement was also suspected in the attack on a bus of Ismaili community. The journal wrote that “military action against sectarian groups will be an extremely difficult task unlike the military operation against Pakistani Taliban. Some analysts thinks that if terrorism is to be eradicated from Pakistan then the real war should be fought against sectarian organizations in Punjab.